Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-08
rglnBER OF COMMERCE.
,s.,slou Of Officers for the
Ensuing Year.
.....l wssslBg Interesting COMMITTEES
-. : 0aeers Re elsstsa-Ap
ysIsatisus for Membership.
BIIIA Ess.


,wnas nesting.
s.eiopati0ns Of membership we've re-
- f,om A. S. Miller, +. W. Wald
= fans ". Wald, sli Of which we're
ssssvsed.
.-.ssa.s.ons for membsrshlp we're
~ hyT.J. Miner and z. A. Turner,
- v.ss placed on Gle foE aotion a.
s-,.grlsrfbesting Eext month.
- ennuaI repeFt u Treasurer
....s,.ssah vas presented. Is showed
1890 Of the Chamber % hase ex-
49, ~ oatg0 daring TIE year By
=. fef rept and SecFetary's salary,
--etiug 70 faZ. we're ordesed paid.
- Henri FiiiaEd Address Commit
y seoorsd their action and its salts
iss.ery result.
u transportation presented lengthy
- witch will BE- found below 10
"a Report vas accepted and commit
c..mi,sss on Railroads vas instruct.
= = 80 ap he matter OF the right Of
- eiven 10 the Columbia and PuQet
- Railroad Company, with view
= -sssFtaininQ whether Or not the con
fsiess al the contract whereby the
80 n vay vas gwen 20 the company
- heon eonpsied with. Judge Lewis
- aided 10 zoe committee.
r.erespondinR Secretary Minor stated
al n bad sent the Chambers reports
4 rsny other parts Of the country, and
n rssslvsd In rctHrn reports from
fRsmbers elsewhere TO the number Of
nesfsy handred.
m sunual election OF officers result
Il he Re election Of Bailey Gatzeft
q President, Henry L. Yesler Is Vice
g,ysident, &. II. Carr a. Secretary,
Iaouas 7. Minor az Corresponding
secretary. and Angus Macintosh as
Treasurer.
aftsr The indulgence Of considerable
al az 4 character interesting 70 lie
rembsFs, the Chamber adjourned.
FsIloWina "a the report Of the Con
nilses 90 Railroads and Transports
SEATTLE. Fsb. Z, 1887.
r. Tie President d the ChaRber Of
csamfru Seattle fonr special Com
mites On Railroads and Transportation
ber lssvs 70 submit the following report;
We f0Twarded 10 the Hon. RJbart
Harris, President OF the Northern Pa
ass Railroad Company, and Hon. Elijah |
smish, President OF tbs Oregon snd |
IrnrsoonlineHtal Railroad Company
and the Oregon Improvement Company,
hilsfs touching questions Of transport
Mion 10 this city, copies Of which are |
keevith submitted, and very promptly |
lsssiged replies thereto, which are ap |
psnded. Whistler further correspond |
tncs 90 the sublsot IS necessary, We |
mhmit to the Chamber.
We have sls0 had conference With Mr.. |
Gas. NJ sheafe, General Superiniend |
sas Of the seattle, Lake shore and |
Eastern Railway Cempany.'a corpora
ton organized for tue purpose of con-
aEnoiine Q railroad from Seattle. via
he north shore Of Lake WASHINGTON, |
thence 10 the sqnak Valley and Sno
qaalmie coal minee, and 10 the cele- |
brated iron mines in the pass Of the
hn0qail@isi thence via the Sn0Qualmie |
pass Of the Cascades to Eastern Wash
inRt0n, and forming connection With |
an independent line to the East. We
are adyised that several corps OF enRi. |
ueefs are IN the ieid, making surveys
% the vssi side Of the Cascades, and
nal their chief engineer had pusaed
hfough the pass aud thence down the
iahima some distance, finding most
exeelieut pass through the mountain
fanRs, several hundred feet lower
man the Stampede pass. and line
quite easily constructed, fully demon
sif9iiBg tAat the report Of Gov. Stevens
many years ago in favor OF the Sno-
qaalmie pass for the great tFanac0n.
tinental railroad from Puget Sound, was
based upon the facts.
We are advised that work on this read
VII commence quite soon, aud that the
eompany has already expended large
inms Of msaey here. The work uill be
pushed vigorously. Funds sufficient 10
build she road across the Cascades have
already been scared. The people Of
our city feel q great interest," IN this
mad and are doing all they can 10 aid
r. The balidine OF this road will for
al time make our city the great railroad
osnteF and metropolis Of Puget sound.
We have also had several most inter
sting conferences viii President Ia.
gene OAnhel3 Of the Bsilineham Bay |
hAilSay q Navigation Company. The |
purpose Of this Company Is TO build q |
lne Of railroad from Seattle 10 Belliug |
ham Bay, al or near Mhaiean. and |
ihanee connecting with the Canadian /
faeino. Snryeys have been made the |
UfIIINs FE0fas Ua1A = awaa4I..sa
haa BEEN found, With iuw grades aud Of |
eesy construction. The Company have |
detained from Congress valuable fran
vase, and President Garfield is pushing |
ses sofk as IA. Idly as possible. Tais |
une passes through q country rich in |
hnnsf, agriculture, coal aud iron, |
sa'ch awaits to be developed By THIS /
seid, 90 completion OF winch We will |
~ emily have tbs prodacts OF the |
esaoiy aiaug the line carried into eur
Ter consumption and shipment, but |
~ have through connection sith toe |
rs Va The Canadian Pacific. Our
.sef'e ices much gratited az the success
vas faf OF this important enterprise,
~ should extend to the company al
villain our power. and in the near
.sisse ~ hope % q 1lce IN the success
thls company.
vi cay government. anxious 10 ex.
- AID 10 these iva important rail
saaa hnes, has npened street along the
seist Trout 10 feet eide, extea ding
tsea VelambiA street 90 Smith's Cove. q
seeaee OF tsrte miles. 10 be used as
NASa aNenne fox Railroad lines and
a-ssA. aud granted toe right OF way 10
- zee companies ahOve named, each
eaeapy q width OF 30 yards Work
- ~ once be commenced by these
leniss IN piiiue along this street.
- - ~ ioug the eOmmeros Of tha world
aad angle rom az our NhaFves
st~ateoaases slang this grand Aveana.
-, aud disehsrRe cargo. TIE pres
- ~ oar CITY have never been 80
~. 'sssiuR, business Of ali kinds is active,
- .AeattF, skilled ana unskliled, finas
~ meat - remausrativs rates, ana
ss.ea . ponrlns IN fer vessSnent
% Respectfully,
j. T. LAWS, Chairman Con.
10 rREs1nENr nARRfS
sks o. CHaNnxa OF Co4MEscn,
SsAFTLS, W r, Dec. 2ti.. IsS6